James Brown – 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! (1991)

“Sex Machine is one of my favorites. It’s Booty Collins doing what he does best, and you can really hear the difference between him and the bass player that James Brown had before. Bootsy and his brother, [guitarist] Phelps “Catfish” Collins, changed James’ sound. They made it more upbeat; the music jumped with the bass. Young Bootsy and his slightly older brother perked things up.

“Hot Pants, Super Bad – it’s all classic Bootsy. He puts a swing beat to the songs. Everything on this record is great, but it’s the life in the bass that brings them to another level, and that’s Bootsy.”